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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??b??/, /?k?b??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?b??/

Noun

cobra (plural cobras)

1. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
2. A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Barco, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, carob, coarb

Catalan

Verb

cobra

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cobrar
2. second-person singular imperative form of cobrar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.bra?/
• Hyphenation: co?bra

Noun

cobra f (plural cobra's, diminutive cobraatje n)

1. cobra, venomous snake from certain genera of the family Elapidae, especially of the genus Naja
2. (especially) Indian cobra, Naja naja

   Synonyms: brilslang, gewone cobra, Indiase cobra

Derived terms

• cobralelie
• gewone cobra
• Indiase cobra
• koningscobra

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra. Doublet of couleuvre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.b?a/

Noun

cobra m (plural cobras)

1. cobra (snake)

References

• “cobra” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese coobra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin colubra (“snake”).

Alternative forms

• cóbrega, quiobra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???a?/

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

1. snake

   Synonym: serpe

2. cobra

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cobra, from Latin copula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???a?/

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

1. (historical) stanze

   Synonym: copla

2. (archaic) paragraph
   • 1405, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega

     vay todo escripto en hua cobra et man de papel et cosido con fio branco de linno et ennas juntas meu nome

References

• “cobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “coobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cobra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cobra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cobra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cobra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?b????/

Noun

cobra m (genitive singular cobra, nominative plural cobraí)

1. cobra

Declension

Derived terms

• rí-chobra (“king cobra”)

Mutation

Further reading

• "cobra" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cobra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “cobra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.bra/
• Rhymes: -?bra
• Hyphenation: cò?bra

Noun

cobra m (invariable)

1. cobra

Derived terms

Anagrams

• cabro, cabrò, corba

References

• cobra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?.b?a/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k?.???/
• Hyphenation: co?bra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”). Cognate with Galician cobra and Spanish culebra.

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

1. snake

   Synonyms: serpente, ofídio

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “cobra macho” for male, and “cobra fêmea” for female.

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

cobra

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cobrar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cobrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kob?a/, [?ko.???a]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”). Doublet of culebra.

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

1. cobra
2. the act of hacer la cobra

Derived terms

• cobra real
• hacer la cobra

Related terms

• culebra

See also

• serpiente
• reptil
• veneno
• mordida

Etymology 2

See cobrar.

Verb

cobra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cobrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cobrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cobrar.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?bra/

Noun

cobra m or f (plural cobraod)

1. cobra

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cobra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English dolfin, from Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delph?nus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (delphís), from ?????? (delphús, “womb”). Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native mereswine (“dolphin or porpoise”), from Old English meresw?n (literally “sea pig”).

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

   Synonyms: mereswine, sea goose, sea pig

2. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
3. (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
4. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
5. (historical) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
6. (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
7. (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
8. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
9. A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

10. (military, obsolete) One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• killer whale
• mereswine
• pod
• porpoise
• sea lion
• seal
• whale

Etymology 2

Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• pinhold